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Cronauer: The American Influence In Vietnam

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The choice of having the entire story being told with the main character being Adrian

Cronauer (played by Robin Williams) was deliberate to add comedy into the film which is

focused on more than in documentaries or war epics. But the movie retained historical

authenticity in all of the events but not through the characters which were used to show the

experiences and how they happened. The entire film is a learning experience for Cronauer

where his character develops from being a care-free radio personality to being discharged from

the army under suspicion of being an affiliate with the Viet Cong and him fully understanding

the way the American influence in Vietnam is hurting its populous. When Cronauer rediscovers

his need to

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